Anorexia and failure to grow associated with Epstein-Barr virus infection.
The Epstein-Barr virus is a common cause of contagious disease in childhood. It may produce fever and sore throat in young children and infectious mononucleosis in teenagers and young adults. This report discusses four cases of children with anorexia and poor weight gain due to Epstein-Barr virus infection.
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D000855:Anorexia / Q000209:etiology*; D005183:Failure to Thrive / Q000209:etiology*; D006566:Herpesviridae Infections / Q000150:complications*; D004854:Herpesvirus 4, Human / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D014412:Tumor Virus Infections / Q000150:complications*